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Saturday, October 6, 2012

PM reiterates: Kosovo partition is only solution

Source: Beta

LJUBLJANA -- Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić has once again repeated that the partition of Kosovo is the only true solution.

Ivica Dačić (Tanjug, file)

He told Ljubljana-based daily Delo that this was his personal position and that he could not insist on it.
“I cannot impose my positions as those that would be accepted
by the whole of Serbia or the international community,” he was quoted
as saying.

“I still think it would be the fastest, best and
most just solution, acceptable both to Albanians and Serbs because it
respects their legitimate interests,” the prime minister explained.

“The government of course advocates a peaceful solution and the continuation of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue,” Dačić added.

“The dialogue would in our opinion have to include political and not only technical issues,” he told the daily.

He said that Kosovo’s independence “cannot be full unless there is consent and agreement with Serbia”.

The PM stated that Belgrade wanted to continue the dialogue with
Priština on the highest political level, that the government and the
president would form a national policy for Kosovo and that the EU needed
to define the topics of the talks.

He pointed out that the EU did not expect Serbia to recognize Kosovo.

“Nobody has spoken to me in Brussels about such a request,” he said and
added that it was “necessary to find a solution that would protect
Serbian national and state interests and EU perspective”.

According to him, it is harmful to ask Serbia to recognize the
unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo if it wants to joint the EU
because of the “growing anti-EU sentiment among the Serbian citizens”.

Italian Students Protest At Greek Consulate in Bologna

The Greek consulate in Bologna, Italy, was in the center of the protest on Oct. 5 against government cuts in education.
According to the Italian newspaper, Corriere de la Serra,
demonstrators threw eggs and paint against the consulate and one of
them even climbed on the post and pulled down the Greek flag.
The strangest thing is that according to their slogan, at least,
students were protesting to show their ‘’solidarity’’ to Greeks and to
‘’all the people who fight fascism,” and it was unclear why Italian
students picked the Greek consulate as a protest site, although Greece
is also making big cuts to education during its economic crisis. The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Greek embassy in Rome asked the
Italian police to investigate the event and to find both the flag and
the people responsible for taking it.

Panariti:We do not knowtheborderswithGreeceAgreementWe seeknewnegotiationstodealwithGreeceonmaritimeborder

Inhis first appearanceonmediaafter returning fromAthens,Foreign MinisterEdmondPanaritistatedthathehadreceivedassurancesfromtheGreekcounterpartDimitrisAvramopoulosmaritimeagreementwill be resolvedin the spiritoftheConstitutionandaccording to what Idefineinternationalconventions.ThisMinisterhaslinkedoptimismandthefactthattheGreekStatehasnotadvancedmarineoldagreement, pavingthusneedto opennegotiationsonanewreformulationof it.

"Forusthere is noagreementonthesea,we must worktogetherto launch negotiationsfora new agreement.Albania'sposition, thisproblemshould be addressedonlyinthespiritoftheConstitutionofthecountryandinternationallaws.Should be asoliddeal,"saidPanariti.

During this visitPanaritiexpressed concernAvramopoulosdheperdeclaring"non grata"by the Greek statejournalistMarinMema,aswellasfrequentstopsjudgesinborderissuewhichhasreceived assurances from theGreekdiplomatthatwillbecarefully reviewed.

Law of war,Panariticonsideredabsurdin the present,towhichhesaid thatGreeceis aware ofandwill bewillingtoabrogate.

The Greek government is expected to take an important decision that
facilitates the procedures of the Greek minority in Albania for
receiving the Greek nationality.

After
a meeting of the Interior Minister, Nikos Dhendias, with the Deputy
Interior Minister, Haralambos Athanasiou, was concluded that the
10-year-term permits that most of the Greek minority members have might
turn into a permanent permit.

This development, according to
the two ministries, is realized in order to face the bureaucratic
obstacles that are related with the residence of Albanian Greek
minority members in Greece, and to facilitate the procedures for
receiving the Greek nationality after the application, if they want.

The legal decision that will enter in effect immediately is expected to pass soon by both Ministries.

According
to the vice chairman of the Omonia organization for Greece, Jorgos
Tzoumakas, there are at least 200.000 people who hold the 10-year
residence permit in Greece. 75.000 of them have received Greek
nationality while others have their applications still undergoing.

Friday, October 5, 2012

The Greek-American Candidates for 2012 Congress Election

In the United States it is estimated there are as many as 3,000,000
people of Greek descent and the community has always avidly supported
political candidates, including Philhellenes. This year, nine are
running for Congress and are asking for your vote in the upcoming
election which will take place on Nov. 6. Eight candidates are
competing for the House of Representatives and one for the U.S. Senate.
Every two years, all 435 members of the House of Representatives
must run for election or re-election, while 33 of the 100 U.S. Senate
seats are being contested. While most of the attention is on the
Presidential battle, the Greek-American community is also focused on
the Congressional races, where members can make an impact on foreign
policy issues. Philhellene candidates who have supported issues
critical to Greece and Cyprus are also important to the community.
There had only been one person of Greek descent in the Senate,
Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine, who is not seeking re-election,
pinning the Diaspora’s hopes on Shelley Berkley, a Democratic Nevada
Congresswoman, who is running for a Senate seat.
Three Greek-Americans are up for re-election to the Congress and
there are three others whose ambition is to win for the first time.
Incumbents Gus Bilirakis, a Florida Republican, and the Co-Chairman of
the Parliamentary group for Greek Issues, John Sarbanes, a Maryland
Democrat and son of former U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes, and Niki Tsongas,
widow of former U.S. Presidential candidate and former Senator Paul
Tsongas, hope to stay in office. Tsongas is not of Greek origin but is
in the Greek issue group as well.

The Read and Black alliance, blocking the arrival of Edmont Panariti in Tirana airport

Panariti, Declared person 'non grata

'In
the early morning hours of Friday, Red and Black Alliance activists
blocked the exit of foreign minister, Edmond Panariti, from the airport
"Mother Teresa" after his arrival from official visits to Athens. By
calling and whistling against the humiliation of national symbols and
not timid response Panariti Minister, Red and Black Alliance activists
blocked the emergence of the sector minister "VIP" Airport "Mother
Teresa" and opened the banner "Edmond Panariti - person 'non grata '"in Albania.Connected
side by side with each other Red and Black Alliance activists tried to
not let him down in the Albanian territory minister Panariti, in
protest against the Albanian government negotiations with the Greek
government for the deal of water, but also for the scandal with the
Albanian flag in conference joint press conference with his counterpart, Avramopoulos.

Red
and Black Alliance Organizing Secretary, Redi Ramaj, during the joint
press statement issued harsh messages against maritime agreement
renegotiation between Albania and Greece, and demanded to be made
public by any means the minutes of secret talks Panariti Avramopoulos."Minister Panariti subdued Albanian national flag and historical symbols. The
emergence of diplomacy in violation of our national symbols with their
counterparts in Athens, Skopje and Podgorica is not a technical or
human error, but a diplomatic message kneeling and capitulation anti
government last 100 years, "said Redi Ramaj.

"We
demand that the Albanian government to stop any kind of negotiations
and communication with the government Greek Ionian sharing. Red
and Black Alliance warns citizen Berisha and Cyprinus that the signing
of this agreement is a criminal offense and the filing of the Albanian
territory in favor of the Greek state is punishable by life
imprisonment, "said Ramaj."Red
and Black Alliance and all the Albanians with integrity have a clear
message to the Minister of Foreign Affairs knees Albania Edmond
Panariti, he is an unwanted person on Albanian soil," said Redi Ramaj.Red
and Black Alliance Constitutional Court's decision on water agreement
with Greece is the hallmark of the law on an affair anti-national and
anti-Albanian initiated by citizen Sali Berisha.After protesters blocked the road, the minister moved from the old road Rinas.

ATHENS — The video, which went viral in Greece
last month, shows about 40 burly men, led by Giorgos Germenis, a
lawmaker with the right-wing Golden Dawn party, marching through a night
market in the town of Rafina demanding that dark-skinned merchants show
permits.

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Some do, and they are left alone. But the action quickly picks up, as
the men, wearing black T-shirts with the party’s name, destroy a stall
with clubs and scatter the merchandise. “We saw a few illegal immigrants
selling their wares,” Mr. Germenis says in the video. “We did what
Golden Dawn has to do. And now we’re going to church to pay our respects
to the Madonna.”

Just a few months ago, the name Golden Dawn was something to be whispered in Greece.

In cafes, taxis and bars, Greeks across the political spectrum are
discussing the palpable surge in Golden Dawn’s popularity, which has
risen in recent political polls even as the group steps up a campaign of
vigilantism and attacks against immigrants.

The poll gains come amid growing disenchantment over rising illegal immigration, and with the government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras,
which is being forced by its international lenders to push through $15
billion in additional, highly unpopular, austerity measures. If Greece
were to hold new elections soon, Golden Dawn could emerge as the
third-largest party in Parliament, behind Mr. Samaras’s New Democracy
and the left-wing Syriza. Currently, Golden Dawn is the fifth largest,
with 18 out of 300 seats.

“We have a major socioeconomic crisis in which several hundred thousand
Greeks are losing ground,” said Nikos Demertzis, a professor of
political sociology at the University of Athens. “And you have a rising
number of immigrants in Greece, many illegal. This is creating a
volcanic situation where all the classic parameters for the flourishing
of a far-right force like Golden Dawn are present.”

The group recently opened an office in New York, announcing its presence with a sleek Web site
depicting a stylized Swastika against a darkened Manhattan skyline. The
Web site was disabled by hackers less than a day later and remains
down, and the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association condemned the group’s outreach, saying that “fascism has no place in the United States.”

Golden Dawn has also established an outpost in Australia, where Greeks
have been emigrating by the thousands to escape the crisis in their
homeland.

The group is still far from being a major threat to Mr. Samaras’s party,
or to his fragile three-party coalition government. Most Greeks express
alarm at the group’s rise, and anti-fascist organizations in Athens are
continuing efforts neighborhood by neighborhood to counter its
increased vigilantism.

Yet, rising political and social discontent is rich fodder for Golden
Dawn as it tries to cultivate a larger base. These days, it is not
uncommon for conversations to evolve into laments about the
ineffectiveness of Mr. Samaras’s government, before a mention of Golden
Dawn’s rise in the polls slips in.

“People have no faith in the political system,” said Dimitris
Kaklamanos, 41, a worker at a Shell gas station in the town of Piraeus,
on the outskirts of Athens.

Mr. Kaklamanos said he had long voted for Pasok, the Socialist party,
but grew disillusioned with corruption and the ineptitude of its
politicians. Now, he feels attracted to Golden Dawn, he said, whose
popularity he expects to continue to rise, especially as the group
replaces police and government services in poor areas where the state
has almost ceased to function.

Other political parties “know that Golden Dawn is gaining power and they
see that as a threat,” Mr. Kaklamanos said. “But Golden Dawn are the
only ones out there demonstrating they care about the Greek people.”

He cited food and clothing drives conducted by the group across a
widening area of Athens, as well as protections it extends to vulnerable
Greeks in neighborhoods where crime has surged in tandem with illegal
immigration.

Turkey’s
parliament has authorised military cross-border operations following a
deadly mortar attack from Syria on a Turkish town.
After a morning in which Turkey continued shelling Syrian targets in
response to the strike, which killed five people, the parliament backed
the government’s call for the authorisation of incursions into the
neighbouring state.

“Turkey’s
national security will be protected by this motion,” Omer Celik, a
deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development party, said
of the motion to authorise armed incursions into Syria before the
agreement was reached. “Sometimes there are situations where rules of
engagement are not enough.”
Although officials in Ankara emphasise that they are not interested
in a bilateral military confrontation with Syria – a course opposed by
most of the Turkish public – they say it is important to send Damascus a
strong message to avoid repetition of this week’s shelling.
But, amid continued fierce fighting between Syrian regime forces and rebels
for control of areas bordering Turkey, it remains unclear whether
Damascus will rein in mortar attacks that risk crossing the border.
Turkish officials maintain that the latest incidents show how
dangerous the crisis in Syria has become – an issue Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, the prime minister, is likely to address in a news conference
on Thursday. Despite his aversion to unilateral military intervention,
Mr Erdogan has been campaigning for a UN-backed buffer zone in Syria –
so far, without success.
There has been widespread condemnation of the mortar attack, with
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, saying she was “outraged”,
describing the increasing violence across Syria’s borders as a “very,
very dangerous situation”.
Russia, which is the Syrian regime’s chief international ally, on
Thursday urged Damascus to state officially that the cross-border firing
was an accident and would not happen again, reports quoted foreign
minister Sergei Lavrov as saying.
Reports from the Turkish border town of Akcakale said a woman and
three children were among the dead and that at least nine people were
wounded. Several Syrian soldiers were killed in Turkey’s overnight
retaliation, Reuters reported, citing the Syrian Observatory of Human
Rights, a pro-Syrian opposition monitoring group.
“In accordance with international law and the rules of engagement,
Turkey will never permit this kind of provocation against our national
security by the Syrian regime,” said Mr Erdogan’s office, lambasting on
Wednesday what it described as an “abominable attack”. Syrian media said
sites in the Idlib area had been hit.
Nato ambassadors held a 50-minute night session at Turkey’s request
to discuss the alliance’s response under article four of its charter,
which allows for consultations on perceived threats, as opposed to
article five, a formal declaration that an attack on one member
constitutes an attack on all. Nato said it strongly condemned the Syrian
strike and described the continual shelling of border areas in Turkey
as “flagrant violations of international law”.

“Everybody
spoke, everybody expressed condolences, everyone expressed support for
Turkey’s measured response,” said a senior Nato diplomat, noting that 26
of the alliance’s 28 ambassadors were able to attend at short notice.
As Turkey called for “necessary action” from the UN Security Council,
Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish foreign minister, discussed the crisis with
Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, as well as other officials across the
world.

The Panepirotic Federation of America vehemently condemns the brutal destruction by Albanian authorities on August 26 of a Greek Orthodox Church in the Chimara region of the former Communist nation that once prohibited all forms of religious worship. The Church of St. Athanasius in the town of Drymades, known in Albanian as Dhermi, was completely destroyed by government agents acting on the authority of Albania’s Interior Ministry.

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The land in Himara belongs to the people of Himara! Land and property registration NOW! Signe now this petition to the European Councile, for the registration of properties to the only and single eligible owner: the PEOPLE of Himara.

Himara Community of USA, Addresses Himarra Property Issues with US State Department / Ambassador

The Honorable John F. Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to inform you of issues affecting United States citizens who have vested interests in the municipality of Himarra, Albania, and to express our concern about their long outstanding and unresolved problems regarding property rights. Over 1500 US citizens of Himarrioton descent are disenfranchised of their rights to the ownership of their family properties which were confiscated in 1945 by the communist regime. They have been attempting to claim their family properties since the end of the communist period without success due to the laws and policies of the Albanian government which a) fail to address ownership rights of pre-1945 landowners, b) fail to address the rights of owners who were forced to emigrate to the United States for economic or political reasons, and c) fail to address the rights of those with dual citizenship who have attempted to claim their properties as Albanian citizens.

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Officially: Omonoia, In Albania over 300.000 Greeks declared

30 % or 86,000, are declared electronically and this process includes 85 % of the members of the Greek minority Vlora Prefecture is the mostly populated by Greeks, there are about 90. 000 Greeks. TIRANA - Democratic Union of the Greek Ethnic Minority, Omonoia publishes the results of the census of members of the Ethnic Greek Community, organized by it structures. The Prime Census, was the decision of the General Council of the organization as members argued for exclusion of the Greek minority in the months Census October 2011, organized by the Institute of Statistics .

The history of elections of the Albanian dictator, to terrorize the people of Himara

A special Edition by SManalysis December 2, 1945: The Himariotes, abstaining from communist referendum, as happens usually for Himara the Albanian historians, never wrote this tragic history. Nikos Koutoulas, who boldly told the special communist court: "I'm Greek . I do not know Albanian, get me a interpret!" Still now, Albania never hold free politic elections, including Himara Municipality

Albanian Writer Raises Storm in Kosovo

Kosovo officials have rounded on Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja for saying that the political elites in both countries turned a blind eye to the crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA. Besar Likmeta BIRN Tirana Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja In the article published in the May edition of the magazine Sudosteuropa, Lubonja focused on the reaction of Albania’s political class to the acquittal of the former KLA commander and Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj by the Hague Tribunal. Lubonja wrote that following Haradinaj’s release, the elite in Pristina and Tirana celebrated him as a hero, despite having enough information that the charges brought by prosecutors in the Hague were correct.

As long as human rights and civil liberties are violated in Himara Region primarily property, Greec

Himara Associations: Athens to block the status of Albania, if Tirana, does not solve the property issue Two associations based in Himara, "The Himara Community" and "Sea Coastal Association" have asked in a statement distributed to the media this afternoon that Greece "should block the candidate status for Albania" if Tirana, will not solve the problems of Human Rights and particularly the issue of the properties in Himara Region. The statement takes into consideration the visit Tirana following day of E.Venizelos the Greek Deputy Prime Minister also heads the Presidency of the European :

Albania minorities object to territorial division

Albania's civil society is calling on officials to diffuse tensions and protect minorities from discrimination and potential violence as a result of the decision to scrap the existing municipalities and create a new territorial administration. The government reduced the 384 local government units to 65, effectively creating entirely Albanian-majority municipalities. Greek, Macedonian and other minority representatives said the government's move violates their rights and international norms.

Poll: Albania, the most racist country in Europe

An international survey data from the World Value Survey collected and processed by the Washington Post reveals that Albania is the most racist country in Europe and worldwide more racists. The survey attempts to make a connection between economic development and being tolerant inside a society with ethnic crashes.. Thus, the most tolerant countries in the world are the Nordic countries, Great Britain and some of its former colonies, the United States, Canada and Australia. Countries with high tolerance are also in Latin America, where Venezuela exception.

Fatos Lobonja: Albania needs formatting not to rebirth

Fatos Lobonja, in an interview for the program "PULS" the KohaVision in Kosovo, there appeared criticism of developments in Albania. According Lubonja Albanians as a society still can not be consolidated. The reasons, according to him, are corrupt Albanian political elites on all sides, inside and abroad. He said they did not thirst for power leaves organize and move forward. Edi Rama's arrival at the head of government, according Lubonja, will not change the image of Albania, because Rama is associated with the oligarchs and organized crime. " He should answer that elite and non-citizens of Albania ", Lobonja estimates.

Nicholas Gage: Athens to give soon the Greek citizenship for thousand north epiriotes

World Council delegation of Epirus Abroad, meeting with the Ministry of Interior for the vote of northern epiriotes and the resolve the pension problem The visit of Nicholas Gage, is considering as the latest diplomatic effort of USA lobbing, for implementation of the "Protocol of Corfu" agreement, between Albania and Greece, based on the ulterior escalation in Balkan region. The Delegation of the World Council of Foreign Relation of Epirus (PSIE) headed by the Honorary President Nicolas Gkatzogianni, had a working meeting with the Greek Interior minister Stylianidis and v/ minister Syrigos.

Himariotes, lobbying in USA, for Autonomy

A group of people of Himara, with American citizenship, are lobbying to the US Congress and the State Department, that the Himara Region, receive the right for autonomy, according to international historical right to his self-determination. Proposed to merge all associations operating in USA, Greece and Albania, to be united in a single purpose: Autonomous Himara, Movements in the Balkans geopolitical, Mitrovica case, cutting pension from Greece, scarce public investment, robbery and illegal registration of property, etc., have raised a great concern, as never in the recent relationship of Himara, Albanian and Greek state relationship.

Pyrros Dimas, meeting with the Greek Minister of Labour, for problem of pensions to the Northern Ep

- Initiative of MP of PASOK, Pyrros Dimas for preparing and drafting a legislative proposal in collaboration with representatives of the Northern Epirus organizations. - The Minister agreed on the need to find a solution and urged the Member to develop concrete proposals, and that after consultation with the Secretary of the New Republic, Manolis Kefaloyiannis will be submitted jointly to the Minister of Finance.

"Kakome Case" again to the Albanian Tribunals

The Greek Community continues to "constant war" with the Albanian government to protect property. The apathy of Athens, to respond to the robbery of the properties in just the time, that OSCE, under the process of the registration of property in Ionian Coast, from European taxpayers, without any trasparence, is favoring according to Albanian law, alienation of property, of the Greek community , with the false documents.

Berisha: albanophobia threatens inter region

Berisha: "We must accept that they are the only people who live in 5 states. A nation that is unjustly divided into 5 states, a nation that wants to look to a common future. But again albanophobia is still in action " Albanian Prime Minister for the second time, threatening Greece, claiming that Albanians in Greece, should join the Albanian state.

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Christos Pappas, in an interview with Arthur Zhei, News 24 TV

Pappas: "Northern Epirus is a region that holds arbitrary from Albania, as recognized by the great powers, the Protocol of Corfu. The Law of War against Albania, can not remove from Papoulias nor Greek parliament, but the Greek army is ready to liberate the Northern Epirus, again

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After a life threatening message to Archbishop Janullatos

42 Orthodox clergy against census and Red & Black Alliance: Janullatos has not afraid of death 42 Tirana archdiocese Orthodox clergy have reacted with a joint statement in defense of Anastasios Yannoulatos. Their attitude comes after strong reactions against the Red & Black Alliance, for Archbishop and after a census that sees Orthodox in third place in terms of religion in the country.

Albania: 100 years, Berisha plays 'great Albania' trump card

In Tirana Albanian leaders, tensions with Macedonia 28 November, 10:49 (ANSAmed) - TIRANA, NOVEMBER 28 - Albania's black and red national flag with a double-headed eagle is waving across the country which is celebrating today its 100th anniversary of independence in a tense political climate. The centre-right Premier Sali Berisha has been calling for days for an ethnic-national unification of all Albanians living in different Balkan states, in efforts to revive a strong nationalism which is rejected by Albania's opposition.

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CONTINUES THE DEBATE IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM NORTHERN

According to the Greek organisation of Albania estimates there are thousands of Greek American citizens from Northern Epirus (Southern Albania) which is refering the Journalist Lambros Papantoniou, asking the Spokesman of State Department for the rights of American citizens with Greek origin to take their properties in Southern Albania. Papantoniou is refereeing a Memo between Albanian State and USA about the civil rights especially for the properties of American citizens who are interested to take them according to Albanian Constitution and laws the properties of family generation. This is the second debate of the veteran Journalist for Balkan Issues in State Department Lambros Papantoiou who accuses over all the Sali Berisha Regim in Albania supported by the President Bush.

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Avramopoulos`s speach during NATO meeting

Greece threatens Albania blocking the integration process after Berisha's statements Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, has expressed his concern at the NATO ministerial meeting about rising tide of nationalism in Albania and premature declarations of the government. In a press release the Greek Foreign Ministry said that "the growth of nationalism and populism in some of our neighboring countries is a source of great concern."

The U.S. talk of "change of borders in the Balkans"

Message-warning sent to Albania by the U.S. representative to the State Department, which in a statement said that any change of borders in the Balkans "would be counterproductive and destabilizing," but the issue is that for the first time put the U.S. even and negative mood on any change of borders in the Balkans ...

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THE BIG CHANGE IN PERIVOLO, DRYMADES, HIMARA REGION

Dhermi, (Drymades, Himara Region) between natural beauty and destruction Look at those videos, before in 2010, everything natural and in 2012 the differences, the big changes how are divided Mafia plots, see whose investments are shown, with the camera of a sportsman parachute, in Long Beach "Perivolo" in Dhrymades, the Himara Region. Look at how this summer 2012, the Concessions of Mafia provided by The Himara Counsil Municipality and the Government of Albania, have become a reality. The Sand Beach Drymades, is transformed in the sidewalks and kiosks. See how they are transformed Dhermi, in a few years, in an administrative center, disrupting also balance the religious and ethnic composition of himariotes.

Robert Elsie: If I would live in Albania, it would be crazy. It is the same as in Ottoman times

After known albanolog Milan Shufla, Robert Elsie is the best conteproranean albanian albanolog in the World During his intereweu on "Top Channely TV, Robert Elsie, on his first interview on TV. expresed his story about Albanian and Albanian state in 100 years. An interesting tale scholar known for his work difficulties in view of the Albanian language. Elsie, who knows Albanians for years, amounts to a chilling conclusion. He says he will not ever live in Albania, as it will go mad. "I can not live here. It's a little wild for me, the relationships between people are a bit wild. I know that is just a facade that inside have good spirit, but have a rabies in human relations. You know how to protect yourself here, and here I am like a rabbit, he can not defend myself. I come here with pleasure, but do not believe they can afford to come and live here forever. There is much frustration of everyday life. Life is too short and I do not have time to bump into obstacles, only to achieve something, when in another country and get away and then live my life, "said Elsie to Albanian. And while Enver Hoxha's Albania as compared with that of Sali Berisha, adds: "There is something that depends only on the party, it's more the attitude of the people. So to get something going, you have to know someone in the Ministry, to drink coffee with, then drink coffee again next week with even a third time, and then he connects with the person that you are interested . That is the same as in Ottoman times, not like a normal country. ".

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Greece, is going to Plan B: grant for 600 thousand Greek citizenship, at the Consulates

Failure of the Census in Albania, apparently, has forced Athens, put in place, going to Plan B to its foreign policy, grant citizenship to all Hellenic Community of Northern Epirus (Greek passports) through three Greek consulates in Albania. According to “The Albanian newspaper Gazeta Shqiptare”, in a statement issued by the Greek Consul in Argjirokaster, Nikolaos Kotroxois, will begin soon, giving the Greek passports to Albanian citizens of Greek descent, who have applied for years. The decision is taken, after Athens, has used all diplomatic sources to have to Tirana, the same wavelength, particularly in geopolitical matters, particularly Kosovo. In his statement, the Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas, noted, that Tirana, continues to show towards Greece, feeling not sincere cooperation, while simultaneously calling for the right to self-determination of the Greek community in Albania.

BERISHA: GREATER ALBANIA, WE LOST TERRITORIES

he Albanian Prime Minister held a meeting with Prishtina University students, in which he argued why he is against the unification of Albania with Kosovo and why both countries would lose, if borders would be changed. “The vital interest of the Albanians is to preserve the current borders, and the Albanians should not accept, at any cost, to lose a single square meter of the land they are entitled to. Another redraw of the borders would mark undeserved losses of the Albanian territories. We must be patient, free, and should not undertake any action that threatens territorial losses. Every generation has to make its duty, and this generation made it”, Berisha declared.

Dimas:"The Greek ethnic Community in Albania has the right of free of charge self-determination"

The reliability of the results of population census in Albania, in terms of minority groups, directly challenging the foreign minister Stavros Dimas, diaminyontas same time that the Respect for human and minority rights is … crucial criterion for the progress of the accession method of our neighbor. In a letter sent to the Home in response to a question from a Member of LA.OS K. Aivaliotis, Dimas says that “the foreign ministry has closely followed all the developments surrounding the census in Albania, even though produced timely plays, both bilateral and European level to make sure the integrity process and unimpeded registration of members of the Greek National Minority, and each location of residence of such ». As outlined, the “Selection of the representatives of the main minority groups, including the Greek National Minority, invite their members to abstain in protest not guaranteed to respect the right of free of charge self-determination, showed a significant deficit of trust minority in the Albanian state, which ought to itself the Albanian government to address priority ».

The Constitutional Court Decision on December 1, the Latter abolished the term Ethnic certificate of Its Citizens. In the Decision, panels argues why the notion of "nationality" is incompatible with the constitution When Its state charter law does not provid a clear definition of Its meaning. In Assessing the Court, "nationality" as defined concept without, unlike Other components of civil law does not Create a link that 'translates the Mutual rights and duties of Natural Persons and state.

While the total population in Himara Municipality, does not exceed 12 thousand inhabitants, a source from the prosecution of Vlora, shows that the problems of ownership at the squirrels region have reached the 7500 court proceedings and special investigations, which marks a world record, by how a country like Albania, could not manage the right of ownership, in one of the areas attacked by the Albanian mafia and international. However, the U.S. Department Report for 2004 on human rights in Albania, states clearly that in the Himara Municipality, the community lands and the Orthodox Church, was robbed by a Courts with false documents, supported by the Office of Propetry Registration in Albania.

Arben Puto: Albania has declared war against Greece first

In his book "The Italian Greek War", Arben Puto, well known historian of the era of dictatorship in Albania, writes that: "In a unanimous decision of the Albanian Parliament on July 15, 1940, was ratified, the Italian Fascist royal decree, which declared all war allies France and Britain, including the USA and Greece. So need to Albanians, to be aware that Greece was not declared war Albania, but Albania, with military battalions that attacked Greece on 28 October 1940 ".

WB returns to Ionian Riviera residence reconstruction

Another World Bank project is being executed with the help of the Albanian authorities for the reconstruction of the residences in Albania’s southern coastline. The 625.000 USD project aims to protect and promote the values of the Albanian national architecture in the Southern part of the country, in order to prevent destruction and abandonment of the traditional houses. “Shqip” newspapers says that the Ministry of Public Works is the WB partner in the “Roofs and Facades” project. The implementation of the program has started in the villages classified as participators: Dhermi i Vjeter, Qeparo i Vjeter, Ilias, Vuno, Himare e Vjeter, Piqeras, Nivice and Luksht. The World Bank will finance 70% of the restauration cost, with a maximum of 7000 USD, while the program “Accommodation and Breakfast” will finance 50 of the restoration cost, with a maximum of 5,000 USD. The program “Roofs and Facades” aims to restore 72 houses in 18 months. 20 of them will adopt with the conditions of modern life, in the framework of the program “Accommodation and Breakfast”.

In Albania, at 20 years post-dictatorship, 8 thousands murders, for the issue of property

The shocking data, are given by the Prosecutor General, to the Albanian press Shocking facts which, in the wake of Albania rank Civil War, the high level of killings, including the year 1997 Through the Albanian press, Attorney General, has published shocking facts about the increasing number of murders in Albania, especially for issues of ownership. Clic on photo ....

Himara 26 centuries, a history of glorious Independence

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First step to Greater Albania: Kosovo Opens First Highway Section

A 38 kilometre-tranche of the road, which will eventually cross the country from the Albanian to Serbian border, was opened on Saturday. The first section, which runs from Vermica on the Albanian border to close to the town of Suhareka, cost 330 million euro. Senior Kosovo and Albania government officials were present at the inauguration ceremony. In a speech, Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga said that the "highway has the role of linking nations and countries". "It is our link with important European corridors. Our coordinated policy will make us a free and equal members of the European Union," she added. Named the "Ibrahim Rugova Highway", after Kosovo's most famous president, the road connects with Albania's first highway, which was also built by the Turkish-American consortium Bechtel-Enka.

George Goro: Registration of properties on the southern coast of Albania faces difficulties

The process of registration of property in southern coastal areas of Albania is getting quite difficult. Mayor George Himara Goro says it has so far only completed the registration of houses and land but not land. Problems with documentation and the implementation of the Land Law difficult, according to him, residents in this process.

The Monument of Independence of Albania, is in hassle

PDIU Cam Community Party, the Socialist Party's local leader in Vlora, and "Red & Black Alliance", are making a nationalistic competition, the Monument of Independence and the Albanian national flag. Few days ago, Prime Minister Sali Berisha, said the establishment of a new monument to the independence of Albania in Tirana, implying, dismiss the historical tradition of Albanian independence in Vlora.

Himarrioton Society of America

The Himarriotans of America, motivated by the love of Himarra, the land of their native origin, and dedicated to the noblest ideals of their forfathers, have established this organization which aspires to the cultivation and preservation of Himarriotic culture in America, to making a positive difference in the lives of its members, and to promoting the rights and interests of the Himarriotans in Himarra, through the realization of patriotic, charitable, philanthropic, educational and cultural endeavors.

Opinion in Kosovo: "Socialists in Albania, are filo Greek"

The Chairman of the Opposition in Albania, Edi Rama, accused by the press in Kosovo that "he is with filo Greek sentiments" If, Sali Berisha, Albania's current prime minister, is expected both in Macedonia and Kosovo, as president of the Albanian nation, this has not happened with the chairman of the opposition in Albania, Edi Rama. During a recent visit to Kosovo, Edi Rama is unpopular, the fact that the perception of public opinion in Kosovo, is that the south, is the area close to Greece, but especially Rama and the Socialist Party, was accused of holding a position filo Greek, against the interests of Greater Albania.